I heard something the other day that really started to spark my thinking..., "Are you fully alive"? Hmmm, it really made me ponder, "What does it mean to be fully alive"? Not just alive, we can all walk around like the walking zombies...but am I FULLY alive?
What does that mean for you? What does it feel like, taste like, sound like, look like, or smell like? Maybe it means the same thing as living in the moment--fully living in the moment. What Jesus called, "...life more abundantly" (John 10:10).
Living fully alive invariably means that we WILL feel pain...emotional, physical, spiritual, and relational pain. So, often I think we would like to think that is not true, but all too often it is true. We live in a broken world full of the brokenness in each one of us. When you hear of people with mental illness or other emotional issues, they often describe themselves as "feeling numb", too much pain. Being fully alive means we will feel pain, which is not pleasant, but a sign of life...
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